Eph 4: 1-6

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.

Jesus the Way

“Become who you are!” Those words spoken to me years ago, when I took vows and became a Jesuit, still ring in my ears. Over the years, I’ve had to grow into, fill out, really experience, what I said I was back then. So for all us as Christians: we haven’t yet fully grasped the call that we received at baptism; we haven’t become who we are. Are you “living in a manner worthy of the call you have received”?

Jesus shows us the way. He is the Son of the Father and, during his earthly life, he too had to “become what he is,” living out in his concrete life over time what it meant to be the Son, a loving child of the Father, which we become at baptism. He showed us the way by living “in all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love.”

Prayer

You are the way, the truth, the life
Without the way there is no going
Without the truth, there is no knowing
Without the life there is no growing
Show us the way, that we may go
Teach us the truth, that we may know
Grant us the life, that we may grow
Eternally

—Ted Tracy, S.J.

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St. Ignatius’s First Principle and Foundation says “The goal of our life is to live with God forever. God, who loves us, gave us life. Our own response of love allows God's life to flow into us without limit.” One of the ways in which we respond to the love God has given us is through prayer, not only personal prayer but community prayer as well.
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Eph 4: 1-6

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.

Jesus the Way

“Become who you are!” Those words spoken to me years ago, when I took vows and became a Jesuit, still ring in my ears. Over the years, I’ve had to grow into, fill out, really experience, what I said I was back then. So for all us as Christians: we haven’t yet fully grasped the call that we received at baptism; we haven’t become who we are. Are you “living in a manner worthy of the call you have received”?

Jesus shows us the way. He is the Son of the Father and, during his earthly life, he too had to “become what he is,” living out in his concrete life over time what it meant to be the Son, a loving child of the Father, which we become at baptism. He showed us the way by living “in all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love.”

Prayer

You are the way, the truth, the life
Without the way there is no going
Without the truth, there is no knowing
Without the life there is no growing
Show us the way, that we may go
Teach us the truth, that we may know
Grant us the life, that we may grow
Eternally